DCMS Ministerial hospitality, overseas travel and meetings with outside interest groups, newspapers and other media proprietors, editors and senior executives

1 April - 30 June 2012

## GIFTS GIVEN OVER £140

| Secretary of State, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP | Date gift given | To | Gift | Value | |------------------------------------------|----------------|----|------|-------| | Nil | | | | | | Minister for Sport & the Olympics, Hugh Robertson MP | Date gift given | To | Gift | Value | | Nil | | | | | | Minister for Culture, Communications & Creative Industries, Ed Vaizey MP (DCMS) | Date gift given | To | Gift | Value | | Nil | | | | | | Minister for Tourism and Heritage, John Penrose MP | Date gift given | To | Gift | Value | | Nil | | | | |

## GIFTS RECEIVED OVER £140

| Secretary of State, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP | Date gift received | From | Gift | Value | Outcome | |------------------------------------------|--------------------|------|------|-------|---------| | Nil | | | | | | | Minister for Sport & the Olympics, Hugh Robertson MP | Date gift received | From | Gift | Value | Outcome | | Nil | | | | | | | Minister for Culture, Communications & Creative Industries, Ed Vaizey MP (DCMS) | Date gift received | From | Gift | Value | Outcome | | Nil | | | | | | | Minister for Tourism and Heritage, John Penrose MP | Date gift received | From | Gift | Value | Outcome | | Nil | | | | | |

### HOSPITALITY

#### Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, Secretary of State

| Date | Name of Organisation | Type of Hospitality Received (include an asterisk against the entry if accompanied by spouse/partner or other family member or friend) | |------------|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 15 April 12| Football Association | Tickets\* | | 1 May 012 | Broadband Stakeholder Group Advisory Council | Dinner | | 5 May 012 | Football Association | Tickets\* | | 10 May 012 | Deloittes | Lunch | | 11 May 12 | BOA | Ball ticket | | 15 May 12 | BBC | Lunch | | 16 May 12 | Society of Merchant Traders | Dinner (speaking) | | 23 May 12 | Royal Opera House | Tickets and dinner\* | | 29 May 12 | Hawkpoint | Dinner | | 04 June 12 | BBC | Concert Tickets\* | | 12 Jun 012 | The Independent - Chris Blackhurst | Lunch | | 21 June 12 | LOCOG | Concert Ticket | | 27 Jun 012 | London Philharmonic Gala | Tickets\* | | 29 Jun 012 | MCC | Tickets\* |

#### HUGH ROBERTSON MP, Minister for Sport and the Olympics

| Date | Name of Organisation | Type of Hospitality Received | |------------|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 12 Apr 012 | SportScotland | Lunch | | 23 Apr 012 | The FA Group | Lunch | | 26 Apr 012 | MCC | Dinner | | 2 May 012 | Rugby League | Drinks Reception | | 2 May 012 | Sports Industry Awards | Reception/Dinner | | 6 May 012 | School Games Partners | Dinner | | 8 May 012 | London Press Club | Lunch & Prize giving | | 9 May 012 | Mayor of Ancient Olympia | Dinner | | 11 May 012 | Team GB | Dinner | | 15 May 012 | Brazilian Chamber of Commerce | Gala Dinner | | 20 May 012 | Chelsea FC | Chartered return flight | | 20 May 012 | UEFA | Ticket | | 21 May 012 | MOD and Mayor of Dover | ‘Beating the Retreat’ and Diamond Jubilee Reception |

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1 Does not normally include attendance at functions hosted by HM Government; ‘diplomatic’ functions in the UK or abroad, hosted by overseas governments; minor refreshments at meetings, receptions, conferences, and seminars; and offers of hospitality which were declined. *indicates if accompanied by spouse/partner or other family member or friend. | Date | Name of Organisation | Type of Hospitality Received | |------------|---------------------------------------|------------------------------| | 13 Jun 012 | Royal Yachting Association | Sail for Gold Ball | | | **John Penrose MP, Minister for Tourism & Heritage** | | Date | Name of Organisation | Type of Hospitality Received | | 24 Apr 012 | Royal Overseas League | Lunch | | 24 Apr 012 | CCT | Reception | | 8 May 012 | M&C Directors Club | Dinner | | 12 Jun 012 | Business in Sport and Leisure Ltd | Lunch | | 14 Jun 012 | Nailcote Hall Hotel | Lunch | | 19 Jun 012 | Gala Coral | Royal Ascot, Lunch | | 20 Jun 012 | British Hospitality Association | Royal Ascot | | 26 Jun 012 | Hilton Worldwide | Summer Reception | | | **Ed Vaizey MP, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries (DCMS)** | | Date | Name of Organisation | Type of Hospitality Received | | 2 Apr 012 | Tate Modern | Private view & dinner | | 15 Apr 012 | Royal Opera House | Olivier Awards & reception* | | 16 Apr 012 | Sorrell Foundation | Lunch | | 16 Apr 012 | Jermyn Street Theatre | Tickets * | | 17 Apr 012 | China-Britain Business Council | Dinner | | 24 Apr 012 | Digital Theatre | Tickets | | 25 Apr 012 | Omnicom Media Group | Dinner | | 26 Apr 012 | Sony | Ticket | | 2 May 012 | Virgin | Lunch | | 4 May 012 | Open Studios, W. Berks & N.Hampshire | Lunch | | 9 May 012 | Financial Times | Lunch | | 14 May 012 | Sony | Reception/Dinner | | 16 May 012 | Financial Times | Lunch | | 17 May 012 | PRS for Music | Lunch/Drinks reception | | 20 May 012 | MPAA | Reception | | 20 May 012 | Pinewood | Reception | | 20 May 012 | SALT | Reception | | 20 May 012 | BFI | Reception/dinner | | 22 May 012 | Sunday Times | Lunch | | 23 May 012 | Cutty Sark | Dinner | | 24 May 012 | Leicester Square Odeon | Film Premiere | | 25 May 012 | Turner Contemporary | Preview * | | 30 May 012 | The Stage | Lunch | | 1 Jun 012 | Edinburgh Fringe Festival Society | Reception | | Date | Location | Event Description | |------------|---------------------------|----------------------------------------| | 03 Jun 012 | Somerset House | Jubilee reception * | | 04 Jun 012 | BBC | Diamond Jubilee concert * | | 14 Jun 012 | National Gallery | Reception/Dinner * | | 18 Jun 012 | Four Colman Getty | Lunch | | 18 Jun 012 | Hackney Empire | Chairman’s Fundraising Reception | | 19 Jun 012 | UK City of Culture 2013 | Reception | | 19 Jun 012 | BP Portrait Awards | Award Ceremony and Dinner * | | 20 Jun 012 | Looted Art Commission | Lunch | | 20 Jun 012 | Founders Forum | Lunch | | 20 Jun 012 | UK Music | Reception | | 21 Jun 012 | Kelvingrove Art Gallery | Lunch | | 21 Jun 012 | London 2012 Festival | Opening concert | | 25 Jun 012 | Cardew Group | Breakfast | | 26 Jun 012 | Everything Everywhere | Lunch | | 27 Jun 012 | Independent | Lunch | | 28 Jun 012 | Heritage of London Trust | Lunch | | 28 Jun 012 | British Library | Reception |

## OVERSEAS TRAVEL

| Secretary of State, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP | |------------------------------------------| | **Date(s) of trip** | **Destination** | **Purpose of trip** | **‘No 32 (The Royal) Squadron’ or ‘other RAF’ or ‘Charter’ or ‘Eurostar’** | **Number of officials accompanying Minister, where non-scheduled travel is used** | **Total cost including travel, and accommodation of Minister only** | |---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------| | 9-12 April | Tokyo and Shanghai | Bilateral and economic visits, GREAT event | Chartered | 1 | £1451 |

| Minister for Sport and the Olympics – Hugh Robertson | |------------------------------------------------------| | **Date(s) of trip** | **Destination** | **Purpose of trip** | **Number of officials accompanying Minister, where non-scheduled travel is used** | **Total cost including travel, and accommodation of Minister only** | |---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------| | 15-18 Apr | Moscow – Russia | 2nd World Olympic Sport Convention | | £1065 | | 26 Apr | Geneva | Bid for FEI European Championships 2015 | | £395 | | 9-10 May | Athens | Torch lighting & handover | | Funded by LOCOG | | 16-18 May | Athens | Olympic Flame Ceremony | | Funded by LOCOG | | 18-20 May | Munich | European Cup Final | | £816 | | 22 May | Canada | GREAT launch in Canada and Sport Accord convention | | £2368 |

| Minister for Culture, Communications & Creative Industries – Ed Vaizey MP (DCMS) | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | **Date(s) of trip** | **Destination** | **Purpose of trip** | **Number of officials accompanying Minister, where non-scheduled travel is used** | **Total cost including travel, and accommodation of Minister only** | |---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------| | 9-10 May | Brussels | EU Culture Council | | £285 | | 20-21 May | Nice | Cannes Film Festival | | £513 | | 8-13 Jun | Tokyo – Japan | Speech at Nikkei Global Investment convention. | | £658 |

| Minister for Tourism and Heritage – John Penrose MP | |-----------------------------------------------------| | Nil |

### MEETINGS WITH EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS

#### (INCLUDING MEETINGS WITH NEWSPAPER AND OTHER MEDIA PROPRIETORS, EDITORS AND SENIOR EXECUTIVES)

| Secretary of State – Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP | Date of Meeting | Name of Organisation | Purpose of Meeting | |-------------------------------------------|-----------------|----------------------|--------------------| | | Apr 012 | Hewlett-Packard | Introductory meeting | | | Apr 012 | LOCOG | General discussion | | | Apr 012 | Li Ka Shing | Introductory meeting | | | Apr 012 | LOCOG Cultural Olympiad | General discussion | | | Apr 012 | IOC | General discussion | | | Apr 012 | LOCOG | General discussion | | | May 012 | BSG, Alcatel-Lucent, Arqiva, BBC, BSkyB, BT, Cisco, Ericsson, Everything Everywhere, Intellect, ITV, Ofcom, TalkTalk, Thales, Three, UK Broadband, Virgin Media, Vodafone | To discuss broadband | | | May 012 | PACT, Premier League, Time Warner, BPI, Google, Random House, Frontier Developments, Universal, Beggars Banquet, Sony, Spotify, O2, Virgin Media, Working Titles Films, BSkyB, British Telecom, Apple of Europe, Eidos Games | Business Breakfast | | | May 012 | LOCOG | General discussion | | | May 012 | Deloitte | To discuss philanthropy | | | May 012 | BBC | Local TV discussion | | | May 012 | Finsbury | To discuss philanthropy | | | May 012 | Vodafone and O2 | Telecoms discussion | | | May 012 | Global Radio | Digital Radio discussion | | | May 012 | LOCOG | General discussion | | | Jun 012 | Roundtable with LOCOG | Crowd management discussion | | | Jun 012 | Fight for Peace | General discussion | | | Jun 012 | Reed Elsevier | Introductory meeting | | | Jun 012 | Roundtable with the Creative Industries sector | Bi annual creative industries roundtable discussion | | | Jun 012 | Chris Blackhurst (Independent) | General catch-up |

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2 Does not normally include meetings with Government bodies such as other Government Departments and Agencies, NDPB’s, Non-Ministerial Departments, Agencies, Government reviews and representatives of Parliament, devolved or foreign governments. | Date of Meeting | Name of Organisation | Purpose of Meeting | |-----------------|----------------------|--------------------| | Jun 012 | Network Rail and Association of Train Operating Companies | Train Passenger information discussion | | Jun 012 | BT | Broadband discussion | | Jun 012 | LOCOG | General discussion | | Jun 012 | LOCOG | General discussion | | Jun 012 | G4S | Visit | | Jun 012 | IOC | General discussion | | Jun 012 | London Legacy Development Cooperation | General discussion |

**Minister for Tourism & Heritage – John Penrose MP**

| Date of Meeting | Name of Organisation | Purpose of Meeting | |-----------------|----------------------|--------------------| | Apr 012 | ABTA | Catch up | | Apr 012 | Association of British Bookmakers | To discuss Horseracing Levy | | Apr 012 | Ladbrokes | To discuss Off shore Gambling jobs | | Apr 012 | Association of British Bookmakers, British Horseracing Authority | To discuss Horseracing Levy | | Apr 012 | Betting Levy Board | General discussion | | Apr 012 | London & Partners | General discussion | | Apr 012 | Betfair, Remote Gambling Association | To discuss Horseracing Levy | | Apr 012 | Tourism for All | General discussion | | May 012 | Betfair | To discuss Horseracing Levy | | May 012 | AGM Holdings | To discuss the Triennial Review of stakes and prizes | | May 012 | Leisure Organisations | Breakfast meeting | | May 012 | Historic Houses Association | General discussion | | May 012 | Funding Advocacy Group, Heritage Alliance | To discuss VAT on listed buildings | | May 012 | Tourism Alliance | General discussion | | May 012 | Bookmakers | To discuss Horseracing Levy | | May 012 | British Horseracing Authority | To discuss Horseracing Levy | | May 012 | Federation of Racecourse Bookmakers | To discuss Horseracing Levy | | May 012 | Betfred | To discuss Horseracing Levy | | Jun 012 | Destination Management Organisations | Volunteering England Governance Paper | | Jun 012 | Twycross Zoo | General tourism discussion | | Jun 012 | Heritage Lottery Fund | General Catch up | | Jun 012 | Visit Britain and Visit England | To discuss branding and marketing strategy | | Jun 012 | Visit England | Visit England governance | | Jun 012 | National Casino Industry Forum | To discuss Casino policy | | Jun 012 | Greenwich Foundation | To discuss funding model |

**Minister for Sport and the Olympics – Hugh Robertson MP**

| Date of Meeting | Name of Organisation | Purpose of Meeting | |-----------------|----------------------|--------------------| | Apr 012 | Glasgow 2014 | General discussion | | Date | Name of organisation | Purpose of meeting | |----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | May 012 | Football Foundation | Introductory meeting with new Chair | | May 012 | LOCOG | General discussion | | May 012 | Business in Sport and Leisure Ltd | General discussion | | May 012 | LOCOG | Bi-lateral meeting | | May 012 | Youth Sports Trust | General discussion | | Jun 012 | BBC | To discuss the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games | | Jun 012 | BOA | Catch up | | Jun 012 | Sport England and UK Sport | Catch up | | Jun 012 | LOCOG | Catch up | | Jun 012 | British Olympic Association | National Olympic Committee meeting | | Jun 012 | Daily Mail | Catch up | | Jun 012 | UK Sport | To discuss the World Athletics Championship 2017 | | Jun 012 | LOCOG | Regular catch up | | Jun 012 | Comic Relief | General discussion |

**Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries – Ed Vaizey MP (DCMS)**

| Date | Name of organisation | Purpose of meeting | |----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Apr 012 | TSB, BFI, UKTI, Skillset, Creative England, NESTA, AHRC, ACE | Creative and Digital Funders roundtable | | Apr 012 | Future Publishing Ltd | To discuss publishing | | Apr 012 | Regus | To discuss libraries | | Apr 012 | CIPFA, Arts Council. | Follow up meeting | | May 012 | London Borough of Camden, Society of Chief Librarians, Birmingham City Council, CILIP, Arts Council, Leicester City Council, Local Government Association | Roundtable on Library workforce. | | May 012 | Society of Librarians | General discussion | | May 012 | TalkTalk, Virgin Media, Vodafone, Cable & Wireless, ACE, Everything Everywhere, BT, Three, JANET, SCL, RM, SOCIM | Libraries and Wifi roundtable | | May 012 | Artfinder | General discussion | | May 012 | BT | To discuss music /labels | | May 012 | Guardian | Editorial conference | | May 012 | Beggars group | Introductory meeting | | May 012 | BFI, RSM Tenon. | Film Tax | | May 012 | British Fashion Council | Catch up meeting | | May 012 | Viacom | To discuss piracy | | May 012 | Ofcom, BPI, Publishers Association, MPAA, Premier | Online Copyright Infringement Round table | | Date | Event | Details | |--------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------| | May 012 | League, BT, Virgin Media, TalkTalk, Sky, Google, Internet Advertising Bureau, FACT | Follow on meeting to discuss Live Entertainment Venues | | May 012 | Mencap, Attitude is Everything, Shape, Action on Hearing Loss, GAMA, Heart N Soul | Arts and Business roundtable | | May 012 | Bank of America Merrill Lynch, BP, Ernst & Young, Japan Tobacco International, Arts and Business. | Mobile Filtering | | May 012 | Everything Everywhere | To discuss further investment | | May 012 | AXM Venture Capital Ltd | Introduction meeting | | May 012 | MPAA | General discussion | | May 012 | Indian National Film Development Corporation | Introduction meeting | | May 012 | Huawei UK & Ireland | To discuss digital radio | | May 012 | Global Radio | MP’s & Local newspaper Q&A | | May 012 | Towner Art Gallery - Eastbourne De La War Pavilion – Bexhill Jerwood Gallery - Hastings | Regional visit | | May 012 | AHRC, Arts Council, UKTI, NESTA, Tech City, TSB, Creative England, Creative Skillset, BFI, British Council, CC Skills, IPA | Roundtable for Digital & Creative Funders. | | May 012 | Amanda Levete Architects | V&A new galleries | | May 012 | St James’s Theatre | visit | | May 012 | Kids in Museums | Catch up | | May 012 | Creative Skillset | Catch up | | May 012 | Anthony d’Offay | Introduction meeting | | Jun 012 | Steven Berkoff | Introduction meeting | | Jun 012 | Everything Everywhere | Timing of 1800 liberalization | | Jun 012 | Freeview and Arqiva | DTT and 4G co-existence | | Jun 012 | Qatar Museums Authority | Discuss proposed visit to Qatar | | Jun 012 | Multiple stakeholders. | Open Internet Roundtable | | Jun 012 | Artfund and Mishcon de Reya | Wedgwood | | Jun 012 | Facebook | Introduction meeting | | Jun 012 | Art Council England, John F. Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts | Discuss arts management training programme | | Jun 012 | McQueen Foundation | General discussion | | Jun 012 | The Creative Economy | Introductory meeting | | Jun 012 | BBC HQ Glasgow, Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Riverside Museum of Transport, Burrell Collection, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow | Regional visit | | Jun 012 | Coadec, Tech City Investment | On line Copyright and small tech | | Date | Organisation, Holition, Creative Barcode | Event Description | |--------|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------| | Jun 012| IPO, Ofcom, BPI, Publishers Association, MPAA, Premier League, BT, Virgin Media, TalkTalk, BskyB, Google, Internet Advertising Bureau, FACT | Online Copyright Infringement Round table | | Jun 012| Magna-Carta Trust | 800th Commemoration | | Jun 012| Karmarama | Catch up meeting | | Jun 012| NTIA | General discussion |